Really. Democrats fear Republican sabotage in key Senate race By JAMES ARKIN and BURGESS EVERETT, Politico 02/17/2020 Democrats are growing alarmed about Republican attempts to prop up an insurgent liberal candidate in North Carolina — fearful that GOP meddling will undercut the party’s prospects in a key Senate contest. What seems like a generic campaign …
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Feb 17 2020
Move Over Joe Biden
These Republican Lite ConservaDems are just a laugh factory. Uncle Joe is losing mojo to Mayo Mike not just in the Polls, but also in the contest for 2020 Gaffe (Gaffe defined as accidentally telling the Truth as opposed to politely lying about what you really think) Champion. Seriously Mike, Farmers and Factory Workers? There …
Feb 17 2020
Medicare For All!
John Oliver is finally back and he kicks off with a piece about ‘Medicare For All’. He correctly points out at least 2 major points, one of which is ‘Medicare’ is kind of a misnomer because that program leaves out a lot of Health Services and requires Co-Pays while ‘Medicaid’, the one it most resembles, …
Feb 17 2020
The Barr Letter
February 16, 2020, Medium We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations. Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice. As former DOJ officials, we each proudly took an oath to …
Feb 16 2020
Not A Rant
Merely confirmation bias. Lucien is always kind of ranty and not necessarily a reliable narrator. He may say he’s never used this particular metaphor before but I can think of at least a half dozen other occasions off the top of my head. But I’ve been there for years and as Europeans laugh (out of …
Feb 16 2020
Bibi
We proudly say we support Israel because it’s the only democracy in the Middle East. Maybe, but they elected a Bigoted Fascist War Criminal (oh, he commits more mundane crimes like Bribery, Extortion, and Self Dealing too for which he’s under Indictment). I hope they lock him up in Spandau next to the Nazis.
Feb 15 2020
Older Than Shia v. Sunni
People forget how old the Empires of the Mideast and Fertile Crescent are.
Feb 15 2020
Contingency Plans
June 4, 1940 Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight …
Feb 14 2020
A Red Line
It is still not uncommon for recent immigrants and those who share other cultural commonalities like language (Little Italy), interests and hobbies (Florida and other planned communities), religion (all over the Midwest), or region of origin (again Florida where there are belts of people from Michigan or New Jersey) to gather in separate geographic enclaves. …
Feb 14 2020
Be Best
Two Rules: Try and be a little inventive. Yah basic. It’s best to insult people because they’re stupid or being assholes. Their Gender/Race/Religion/Sexual Orientation/Ethnic Group is rarely relevant and exposes you to charges of bigotry. If I insult you, you’ll know it’s happening but might not understand how. Trump’s words, bullied kids, scarred schools By …
Feb 13 2020
Kelly Speaks
This is the Article in The Atlantic everyone is talking about. Now as far as I’m concerned it’s Kelly that’s in violation of his Service Oath because he is guilty of doing exactly the opposite of what he praises Vindman for doing. Not that he’s not absolutely correct about the policy and doesn’t have useful …
Feb 13 2020
Wutanfall Bekommen
Stell dich nicht so an. Rache Reise Not A School Olympic Dressage How can he quit?